Well-researched stories from The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Sigmund Freud told Carl Jung it was important to keep sexuality at the center of the human psyche, rather than anything spiritualist.

A group of skilled women ran the silk-making industry in 15th century London. So why didn't they protect their workers' rights by forming a guild?

The philosopher’s teachings were not an absolute condemnation of the pursuit of profit.

The push for a national Martin Luther King holiday prompted a fierce political tug-of-war, on campus and off.

The terrifying and gruesome rituals of the Flayed God had a symbolic subtext that was somewhat gentler than one might imagine.

Richard E. Byrd's 1928-1930 Antarctica Expedition was sponsored by mass media. Was it all about science and exploration -- or about Byrd's personal #brand?

Early twentieth-century National Park Service Rangers were a notoriously rough-and-tumble lot.

The United States National Weather Service began as part of the military, with a mandate to serve the interests of federal officials and business owners.

Sylvia Pankhurst gave up painting to focus on suffrage and anti-colonialism activism, but she continued to use her design sense throughout her career.